We knew it was going to happen, but it didn't make it any easier. At the end of last week's episode, Dunder Mifflin CFO David Wallace found out Michael and Holly were dating. That meant she was getting transferred to New Hampshire. At the start of the episode, Michael and Darryl agree to help her move, and Michael promises they'll see each other every weekend. Everyone's happy, right?

Of course not. Midway through the trip, Holly begins crying, realizing Michael's plan won't work. Then they argue, in one of the most uncomfortable scenes the Office has had. Michael begins to weep, saying that if they break up, he'll end up back with Jan "and I hate Jan!"

Excellent work by Steve Carrell, Amy Ryan and (especially) Craig Roberts in this episode. After the painful scenes that came before, the moment in which Darryl tries to cheer up Michael at the end felt like a salve.

Thankfully, the subplot about Dwight, Andy and Cornell was more than enough to lighten the mood. (I laughed out loud at the "head shaped like a trapezoid" line.) The only thing that didn't work for me about the episode was Jim and his brothers hazing Pam by pretending to "prank" Jim. It showed a somewhat different side of Jim, but after what happened between Michael and Holly, it was too dark.

Other thoughts:

When Dwight was pretending to be a Cornell man, he actually seemed fairly normal.

Creed as the Joker was really unsettling. And funny. Ryan dressed as Gordon Gecko made him -- if possible -- even more unlikable. And Jim continued his tradition of low-key Halloween costumes.

I'm really sorry to see Amy Ryan go, although it does mean that now Toby can come back, along with Michael's irrational hatred of him.